Besides considerable talent, perhaps the most critical component that enabled Smarty Jones to become the first undefeated winner of the Kentucky Derby since Seattle Slew is his positional speed. That ...

Equi-Photo Smarty Jones (above left), exercise rider Peter Van Trump up, takes the track Wednesday morning for the first time since winning the Preakness, as trainer John Servis oversees the session.

Move over Michael Jordan, it seem everyone now wants to be like Smarty Jones. Several Thoroughbred owners and breeders in recent weeks have used 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, both grade I, winner ...

Winning the Triple Crown is supposed to be hard. Changing the schedule or format will make it easier for a horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes. That’s the argument from the ...